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Assistant Professors Daryl Dickerson and Trina Fletcher Receive NSF Career Award
Assistant Professors Darryl Dickerson and Trina Fletcher have received the NSF Career Award. Congratulations to Professors Dickerson and Fletcher! Read more
Professor Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Termis-AM
Professor Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic received the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from Termis-AM.
Associate Professor Douglas Densmore Awarded Grant by DoD to Provide Underserved High School Students Research Experiences with Synthetic Biology
Associate Professor Douglas Densmore was awarded a $2.3 million grant by the Department of Defense to provide underserved high school students a crash course in synthetic biology. Read more
Professor Alice White to Speak at Webinar on Advanced 3-D Micro Fabrication Concepts & Printing Materials on October 27
Professor Alice White will speak at a webinar on Advanced 3-D Micro Fabrication Concepts & Printing Materials hosted by Nanoscribe on October 27. Register for free
Professor Alice White to Speak at Digital BICO Partnership Conference on November 11-12
Professor Alice White will be speaking at a Digital BICO Partnership Conference on Bioconvergence, the combination of engineering and biology to advance healthcare, on November 11-12, 2021. Register for free
Assistant Professor Abdoulaye Ndao was Named the Reidy Family Career Development Professor
Assistant Professor Abdoulaye Ndao was named the Reidy Family Career Development Professor at Boston University. This award recognized an outstanding record and significant scholarly potential for Engineering or Business School faculty. Read more
CELL-MET Professors Chen, Bishop, White, and Ekinci’s and CELL-MET Students Article Named Hot Article in 2021
CELL-MET Professors Christopher Chen, David Bishop, Alice White, and Kamil Ekinci and CELL-MET Students Rachael Jayne, M. Cagatay Karakan, Kehan Zhang, Noelle Pierce, and Christos Michas have written an article designated as a Hot Article for 2021 by the handling editor or as recommended by the referees. The article's title is: "Direct Laser Writing for Cardiac Tissue Engineering: A Microfluidic Heart on a Chip With Integrated Transducers." Congratulations to the authors!
Watch CELL-ERC Student Marshall Ma Present His Poster on a Multiwell Drug Screening System
CELL-MET ERC student Marshall Ma has produced an excellent video of his poster entitled "Multiwell Drug Screening System Using Engineered Cardiac Tissue." Marshall was voted the #1 Audience Pick at the Mass Ventures MALSI Poster Competition and received a prize. Watch the video below.
CELL-MET ERC Assistant Professor Emma Lejeune Receives AHA Career Development Award
CELL-MET ERC Assistant Professor Emma Lejeune has received the American Heart Association Career Development Award. Her proposal title was: "Towards computational discovery: advancing high-throughput quantitative analysis of hiPSC-CMs with open source software.” Read more
FIU Student Lia Paolino Won 2nd Prize in the 2021 Life Sciences South Florida STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium
Florida International University student Lia Paolino won the 2nd prize in the 2021 Life Science South Florida STEM undergraduate research symposium. Her talk title was "Nanomechanical properties of electrically stimulated cardiomyocytes." CELL-MET congratulates Lia on this award.